OR Editor to discuss "Enter, With Torches"

Park Burroughs started in the newspaper business 38 years ago as a copy boy, back in the days of Linotype machines and carbon paper, when reporters pounded out their stories on typewriters, and newspapers were considered the most vital source of information. Much has changed since then, and newspapers are fighting for their survival. Burroughs wrote about those bygone days of newspapers and the characters who made them in The Business, a serialized story published on his Internet blog, Grumpy Old Editor.

The Business is one of nine stories included in Burroughs new book, Enter, With Torches: Recollections of a Grumpy Old Editor, which he will talk about at his presentation on Wednesday, May 20th at 7:00 p.m. at the library. In addition to discussing the problems facing the newspaper industry today and the future of journalism, he'll read selections from other stories in his book, many of them humorous tales about growing up and learning to be an adult. Books will be available for purchase ($19.95) and signing after the presentation. Credit card or checks will be accepted; checks may be made out to "Observer Publishing Co." Register at the library's circulation desk or email Carrie Weaver.